The idea that self-talk can have benefits is among the fundamental principles underlying the development of cognitivebehavioral therapies: treatments aiming at changing individuals’ thoughts, interpretations, and behaviors. One of the treatment approaches developed within the cognitive behavioral therapies frame is self-instructional training (Meichenbaum, 1977). Self-instructional training has been described as a form of self-management (Rokke & Rehm, 2001). Meichenbaum suggested that statements addressed to oneself influence individuals’ attentional and appraisal processes, thus regulating behavioral performance. Self-instructional training has been claimed to be useful in facilitating the learning of new skills and in enhancing the performance of adaptive responses (Rokke & Rehm, 2001). Accordingly, successful interventions involving the use of self-instructional strategies have been developed and implemented in several contexts: children with learning difficulties (Kamann & Wong, 1993); students with emotional and behavioral disorders (Callicott & Park, 2003); and individuals coping with pain (Sanders, Shepherd, Cleghorn, & Woolford, 1994), hospitalization distress (Zastowny, Kirschenbaum, & Meng, 1986), anxiety disorders, and depression (Kendall, 2006; Treadwell & Kendall, 1996)